Jiji () is a
railway station
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prep ...
on the
Taiwan Railways Administration
Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) is a railway operator in Taiwan. It is an agency of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, responsible for managing, maintaining, and running conventional passenger and freight railway services ...
Jiji line
The Jiji Line () is a branch line of the Taiwan Railways Administration, located in Changhua and Nantou Counties in Taiwan. The length of the line is 29.7 km.
History
The line was originally built by Taipower in 1922 to facilitate the c ...
located in
Jiji Township,
Nantou County,
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...
.
History
The station was opened for operation on 14 January 1922 during
Japanese rule which was mostly used for transporting materials to the nearby
power plant
A power station, also referred to as a power plant and sometimes generating station or generating plant, is an industrial facility for the electricity generation, generation of electric power. Power stations are generally connected to an el ...
.
The station relocated to its current location on 2 February 1930. The station was severely damaged in the
1999 Jiji earthquake (921 earthquake) on 21 September 1999 and was reconstructed in 2001. Contactless smart card fare gates were installed at this station on 30 June 2015.
Around the station
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Jiji Military History Park
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Jiji Weir
The Jiji Weir () is a weir located in Nantou County, Taiwan. The weir is located at the border of three townships
A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries.
Alth ...
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Mingxin Academy
The Mingxin Academy () is a former tutorial academy in Jiji Township, Nantou County, Taiwan.
History
The academy was built in 1885 during the Qing Dynasty rule as the first private school within the area. In 1908, it moved to its current loc ...
See also
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List of railway stations in Taiwan
There are currently six operating railway systems in Taiwan:
The two Inter-city rail systems, Taiwan Railways and Taiwan High Speed Rail, have several overlaps in station names. See below ''Taiwan High Speed Rail'' section for their relations in ...
References
1922 establishments in Taiwan
Railway stations in Nantou County
Railway stations opened in 1922
Railway stations served by Taiwan Railways Administration
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